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HSK
to consume; to use up / to deplete; to expend / (old) news; mail; message
HSK 6
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  *耗* | 耗* | *耗
to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally
HSK 7-9
to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander
HSK 7-9
energy consumption
HSK 7-9
time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
HSK 7-9
fuel consumption
news of sb's death; sad news
(dialect) mouse; rat
fuel consumption
consumable goods; expendable item
wear and tear / wearing out by friction
wear and tear
internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization
to spend / expenditure / to cost
to exhaust / to use up / to deplete / to drain
war of attrition
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
damage (e.g. to goods in transit)
fuel consumption
message
low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
lit. a dog who catches mice / to be meddlesome (idiom)
electric consumption / power wastage
loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage
consumables / to consume raw materials
to consume electricity / power consumption
rate of consumption
to require much effort
(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
you're on your own (pun on 好自為之|好自为之)
requiring much time and effort
to write back / to send a reply
consumables
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
to waste
to dissipate / to squander
to consume energy


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